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niGEDiTion
WEATHER. REPORT.
Fair tonight; Thursday
fair and warmer.
PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27. 1908.
NO. 6292
VOL. 21.
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Federal Grand Jury Turning
Search Light on Acts of
Prominent Pendleton' Men,
ATTORNEY JOHN MTOl'M
IS PRESENTING EVIDENCE.
Twenty-Tlirco Moi From All Ports of
Uie Stuto Culled I'lMUk to JudtfO of
the Probability of Guilt or Iiuio
cence of J. II. Haley, W. J. Furnish,
AVUllaui Slivdier, Tom Thompson,
Frank Curl ami K. P. Murhull
Alleged Tiul Colonel Haley Receiv
ed Valuable Advance Information
From WaHlUiigion by Wire.
According to the following from the
. Portland Oregonlan, the Investigation
Of the alleged land frauds In Umatilla
county la now on In dead earnest:
A federal grand Jury f 23 member
wag selected In the United Stutes court
yesterday and Immediately began the
consideration of evidence eonuected
with land frauds alleged to have been
perpetrated In Umatilla county.
United States District Attorney Mc
Court, assisted by his deputy, Walter
H. Evans, has charge of the Jury and
Is personally presenting the evidence
of the alleged frauds.
Subpoenas have been Issued for 118
witnesses, consisting principally of res
idents of Umatilla county, and It la
expected that fully 1 days will be re
quired properly to present all of the
evidence before the members of the
Jury.
, The alleged frauds consist of the
unlawful acquisition of about 25,908
acres of unallotted lands that original
ly comprised a part of the Umatilla
Indian reservation. The lands Involv
ed are located In townships 32 to 36,
inclusive, south, of ranges 1 and 1
east.
It Is reported the evidence that will
be presented to the Jury' will Implicate
BfVeral prominent cltlr.ens of Umatilla
coiTnty, Including J. H. Raley, V. J.
Furnish, William Siusher, T. T.
Thompson, E. P. Marshall and Frank
Curl. If the legislation by congress.
by which the seizure of these lands
was expedited, is allowed to figure In
the case, it Is rumored that Senator
Fulton may be connected with the al
leged frauds In that he Is reported to
have assisted In the enactment of dif
ferent measures In congress for the
furtherance of the scheme.
Haley's Mcwtigw From Blngcr Her
nia nn.
It Is also understood that the gov
ernment officials are In possession of
a telegram that was sent by Binger
Hermann, from Washington, to J. H.
Haley at Pendleton, In 1906, apprising
Ralcy of the time when the unsold
portions of the Indian lands would be
thrown 'open to settlement without
reservation as to acreage, residence or
settlement. With this advance In
formation It Is alleged Haley was en
abled to make prior filings at the La
Grande land office on the great bulk
of the land to the exclusion of bona
fide settlers.
The Grand Jury.
The grand Jury la composed of the
following:
J. W. Pugh (foreman), Shedd, Linn
county.
C. IT. Southern, Bond, Wnsco county-John
J. Howley, Dayton, Yamhill
county.
Ira B. Sturglss, Baker City, Baker
county.
Jesse Severn, Junction City, Lane
county.
H. O. Nicholson, Medford, Jackson
county.
Gus P, Kellern, Portland.
J. W. Lytle, Island City, Union
county.
S. M. Kelly, Hoseburg, Douglas
county.
W. O. Zelgler, Eugene, Lane county.
W, H. Grabenhorst, Salem, Marlon
county.
H. S. Furman, Eugene, Lane coun
ty. N. Easterbrook, Portland.
William M. Daniels, Portland.
W. A. Alcorn, Llnnton, Multnomah
county.
DI8ASTER FOLLOWS
ON DISASTER, i
Oklahoma City, May 27.
Four were killed and many In
jured by a tornado 'that swept
Alva, Okla., this morning. The
property damage Is heavy.
The houses were swept off their
foundations by the twister. The
course was mainly through the
sparsely settled country. Alva Is
the only town reported damag
ed. The country was recently
devastated by floods.
ALLEGED
IDS
BEING
PHt
t AUTO 'AILS TO
' BEAT THE TRAIN.
.
Medford, Ore., May 27. Fer-
nsndo Nelson's party arrived
here at 7:40 this morning and
left for Portland at 8:36. They
expect to arrive In Portland at
10:30 this evening.
Considerable time was lost on
account 'of a 40 mile stretch or
bare rock road In the Pitt river
country. At Slssons the machine
got lost on a lumber road and
went 69 miles out of the way.
Nelosn Is confident he will
be able to make schedule time
on a second trip when he knows
the road.
Frank Campo, Barlow, Clackamas
county.
G. W. Gage, Dlllard, Douglas county.
William F. Gllkey, Dayton, Yamhill
county.
William Cornelius, Walton, Lane
county.
B. C Holt, Harrlsburg, Linn coun
ty.
John M. Bristol, Portland.
L. Q. Bower, 6llverton, Marlon
county.
Nathan Harwood, Eugene, Lane
county.
ROCKEFELLER A SON OF
THE SOIL, HE SAYS
John I). Kays It Is Woman's Own Fault
If She Wirks.
Pocantlco Hills, N. Y., May 27.
Rockefeller announced this morning
that he Is a real son of the soil and
doesn't care who knows It. He point
ed to a mansion nearby and said he
shoveled mortar and carried bricks to
the top when it "was under construe'
tlon. He denied they were gold bricks.
He said It Is woman's fault If she
works. There are exceptions, but at
the moBt she can become a house
keeper if she can make up her mind
soon enough.
OUTLAWS START OCT
to iton wiioij; town
Oakland, Oregon, Vlshed by Defsper
ate Hand of Burglars Intermixed
hy Marshal After Ttiey Had Holt
bed Portofflce, Hardware Store and
Furniture Stone and Were Starting
in on Furniture Store Return tle
Compliment When Marshal lieckley
0ens 11m.
Oakland, Or., May 27. City
Marshal John Beckley, was wounded
in the shoulder by bandits who last
night attempted to steal all the city's
cash.
The men had stolen stamps from
the postofflce, looted a hardware
store of guns and were rifling the till
of a furniture store when Interrupt
ed by Beckley.
The men ran, but when the officer
fired, they turned and poured a fusl
lade at him, one bullet taking efect,
effectually ending the pursuit.
Nordlca at Boise.
Boise, Idaho, May 2. After a
three days' mysterious visit here, Mine,
Nordlca, the great singer, who is trav
eling under the name of Mrs. Morton,
left for Payette lakes today. She was
accompanied by Colonel Maghce, a
family friend, who denies the rumor
that she is here seeking,, a divorce.
Her husband owns a sheep ranch near
Klamnth Falls, Ore.
Kansas City, May 27. John Willis
Baer, president of the Occidental
college, Los Angeles, in a statement
to the Presbyterian general assembly
today declared the yellow press had
more to do with calling the fleet to
the Pacific than "anything else. He
said the work of the members of the
Japanese and Korea exclusion league
was un-American and un-Christlan.
'Frisco to Pes Moines on a Bicycle.
San Francisco, May 27. A. R. Hull
started for Des Moines on a bicycle
this morning. He Is not after speed,
but will learn the country between
here and Iowa. He carries a compact
camp kit. He will visit Ogden, Den-
r, Cheyenne and Omaha,
Cotton Reports.
Washington, May 27. Reports on
estimated acreaee and condition of
the cotton crop are coming to the ag
ricultural department from all over
the south and a nesume of the data
collected will be mado public a week
from tomorrow.
Anotlier IleircM Victim.
Washington, May 27. -Duke D'Al-
bea Is coming to AmcVIca to shoot big
game, he says, but it If believed that
when he arrives his engagement to
Mathllde Townsend, an heiress, will be
announced. The Spaniard Is young,
handsome and rich.
DUTLIS 51TT0
DOB WHOLE TOWN
HUE LIKS
IB TIE PIE
Attempt to Smugg'e Chhe.e
Into This Country Results
in Their Death,
CRATED IN MEXICO AND
EXPRESSED TO NEW YORK.
.Men An; Demi When Tlicy Arrive ut
Dcstiiuitlon Gigantic Smuggling
Plot Inearthed on Mexican Border
Secret Leak Out From Message
Sent by Receiving Chinese to
Friends In El Puho Interpreter
Overlie!- it Read and Notifies Au
thorities Official Are Now Search
lug for Uie Participant.
Washington, May 27. Twelve Chi
nese lives Is the price paid by smug
glers experimenting with scheme for
the evasion of the immigration laws.
The government had discovered a
dozen orientals who attempted to en
ter this country by having themselves
crated and expressed to New York,
weer dead upon their arrival. Acting
Commissioner of Immigration Lamed
admitted this morning that a gigantic
smuggling plot had been unearthed on
the Texas border.
Inspector Babcock has gone to New
York, hunting Quong Dou Yen, who
received the corpses from the express
company. ' A telegram from Quong
to friends at El Paso revealed the
plot. Interpreter Flng Ming, over
board, the message read, Informed the
government officials, who notified
Washington.
It l believed the smugglers crated
the men on the Mexican side of the
line, hauled them across the river and
expressed them from this side.
Cremating a Wha'A.
Waldport, Ore., May 27. A huge
bonfire has been burning In the front
yard of W. F. Keardey here for the
past three days. A huge whale, 78
feet long, drifted on tho beach in
front of his house last week. The
odor was terrible. He couldn't move
the carcas and Is now burning It with
driftwood. Thirty feet are gone and
he hopes to destroy It by the end of
the week.
Police Officer Acquitted.
Chicago, May 27. John Collins,
police chief, and Frank Comeford,
police attorney under Mayor Dunne's
administration, were acquitted on the
charge of using their 'Offices for po
litical purposes in Dunne's campaign
for reelection. Immediately after
Busse's election the men were indict
ed. '
Shoots Despoller of Home,
San Francisco, May 26. Dominico
Caselln, a restauranteur, was arrested
for firing four shots at Rasselo Barell
whom he found In his home when he
returned unexpectedly this morning.
Casselo swears he has long suspected
Ttarello ns a rival for Mrs. Casselo's
affections.
Imile All Parties.
Washington, May 2". Leaders, of
the republican, democratic, prohibi
tion, soclallst'nnd populist parties have
been Invited to address the National
Progressive convention of colored
people of Dayton, O., next month.
Cnrrignn QulM Raring.
New Y'ork, May 27. Tired of tho
imti-raclng agitation, Edward Corrl
gan, the famous master of Hawthorne,
announces he will sell his thorough
breds and quit the game.
Dynamite Gets Three.
Seatle, May 27. Three men were
killed with dynamite, 30 miles from
North Bend, Wash. The deputy cor
oner has gone to Investigate. It Is
supposed they are railroad workmen.
For those who wish to help In hon
oring the memory of Pendleton's sol
dier dead a subscription has been
started for the purpose of raising
money with which to purchase flow
ers and those Interested are asked to
add their names to the list by tomor
row night.
The subscription was started a week
or more ago by Leon Cohen and D. B.
Costuma, and It Isow being circulat
ed by members of company L. The
members of the company have sub
scribed $10 towards the fund and the
entire company will be ordered out to
participate In the service next Sunday
morning.
This afternoon the flower subscrip
tion paper waa circulated to some ex
tent and It is now at the Fraser book
OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR SOLDIER DEAD
BE
Three Houses Belonging to
. Former Supervisor Gal
lagher Blown Up.
POLICE ALLEGE THEY
ILWE EVIDENCE OF PLOT
Officers Declure They Will Expose
Crime of Suprlslng Character Laid
By Enemies of Mun Wlio Turned
State's Evidence n Recent Graft
Prosecutions in San Francisco
Second Attack on tlie Man, Resi
dence Having Been Dynamited In
Airll Watchman Was Sitting in
Too Shed When Explosion Occur
red. . Oaklond, Calif. j May 27. Arrests
are expected today as a result of the
dynamiting of the three unoccupied
houses owned by former Supervisor
Gallagher, who turned state's evi
dence In the fraft trials, last night.
It is Intimated that the police have
Information that may lead to the ex
posure of a plot of surprising char
acter, laid against Gallagher by his
enemies. '
The explosion last night was the
second attack on Gallaghers, his res
idence being wrecked with dynamite,
April 22.
The police have a description of a
suspect whom they expect to capture
with little trouble.
Frank McVaughan, the watchman,
was sitting in a tool shed when the
explosion occurred. He says he made
an inspection ten minutes before the
explosion and saw nothing suspicious,
Gallagher had a deal pending to
sell the houses today for $25,000.
JAPS ERECT MONUMENT
TO BRAVE OPPONENTS
Toklo, May 27. General Baron No
gl was designated today as the chief
official to be present at the unveiling
of the Uussian memorial monument
at Port Arthur. It was erected by the
Japanese as a tribute to the gallant
Russian defenders during the siege.
NORTH CAROLINA IS DRY'.
Hulrlgli, N. C, May 27. After Jan
unry next year, there will be no liquor
manufactured or sold In this state,
The prohibitionist won the election
hy 40,000 majority.
Missouri Pen Pushers.
Excelsior Springs, Mo., May 27.
Editors and publishers of daily and
weekly newspapers In cities and towns
all over the state are present at the
annual meeting of the Missouri Press
association, which convened here to
day.
Opium Conference.
Washington, May 27. It was an
nounced today that this government
will be represented at the Internutlon
al conference on the suppression of
the opium traffic in Shanghai, China
early In 1909 .
Bluck ami Yellow Perils.
Washington. May 26. U. P. Sladen
of Texas, severely arraigned the Pa
cific coast 'for advocating the educa
tion of four Filipinos at West Point.
He says we should Ignore the "yellow
peril" and see the "black peril."
Meet Goes to Tncoma.
Seattle, Wash., May 27. The bat
tleship fleet sailed for Tacoma this
morning In single formation. All the
men on shore were ordered to the
ships at 1 o'clock this morning.
Wheeler for President.
Modesto. Cal., May 27. Fred W.
Wheeler of Los Angeles, will be Cal
ifornia's candidate for the prohibition
nomination for president.
store. Those who wish to subscribe
are asked to give their subscriptions
to Mr. Frasler between this time and
tomorrow evening.
The fund being raised is for the
purchase of flowers from Portland
and local people are also asked to
contribute all the flowers possible.
The" O. A. R. members have arranged
to have the floral offerings left at
the Rader furniture store and they
will be taken from that place to the
cemetery Sunday morning.
Up to this time the exact time for
the -service Sunday has not been de
cided upon but the procession will
probably leave the city for the ceme
tery at 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
As Sunday will be observed as Dec
oration day this year It Is the desire
to av as many as possible attend.
ENGINEER DIES WITH
HAND ON THE THROTTLE
Chicago, May 27. For miles
the Chicago-Frisco flyer Q" 'fye
C. M. & St. Paul, b6 M
along, breaking speed re.
last night, with a dead engh
at the throttle. '
Aged Albert Cauvln's life ha j
departed while the man was a.
his post. The fireman was un-
aware of It until the train dash-
ed across a dangerous maze of
tracks at Byron, 111., with un-
abated speed. He stopped the
train Just In time to save the
lives of the passenger.s
Fl'NSTON SAYS BUWALDA
IS LUCKY MAN.
Soldier Who Got Three Years In Pris
on for Slinking Hands With Emma
Goldman Might Have Been Given
15.
Portland, Ore., May 27. "Private
Buwalda is fortunate he did not have
to serve 15 years In prison,' said Gen
eral Funsfon this morning In speak
ing of the private In company A of
the United States engineers, who was
sentenced to three years In prison for
shaking hands with Emma Goldman.
Ounston Is en route to Idaho on
onal business.
"I felt sorry for the man," he con
tinued, "but I did all I could when I
reduced the penalty to three years.
Miss Goldman Is a dangerous woman,
her Influence with weak people being
especially bad. She caused Buwalda
to commit the worst crime an Ameri
can soldier could."
Emma Defends Buwalda.
Portland, Ore., May 27. "General
Funston Is a good, upright citizen. He
goes" to church on Sunday and spends
the rest of the week planning' the
best way to kill men." declared Em
ma Goldman last flight. The woman
anarchist defended Private Buwalda,
who was Jailed for shaking hands
with her, saying he simply congratu
lated her on the way she presented
her arguments..
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GETS $170 FOR WORTHLESS
PAPER AT FIRST NATIONAL,
Louis Mettle Tries to Overdo a Good
Tiling and Is Detected Attempting
to Pass Second Bogus Clieck for
$150 at Clothing Store He Comes
to Grief Boards Train for the East,
But Is Taken Off at La Grande.
Passing a bogus check for J 170 on
the First National bank, Louis Mettle,
a young man of 18, bought a ticket
for Detroit, Mich., last evening, but Is
now under arrest at La Grande charg
ed with a crime that seemingly means
the penitentiary for him.
The circumstances surrounding the
bogus work done by Y'oung Mettle are
so peculiar that he Is almost entitled
to rank as the smoothest forger that
ever operated in the city.
Yesterday afternoon the young man
appeared at the First National bank
.with a check for $170, drawn in favor
of himself and signed by E. B. Gam
ble. The check was taken by J. T.
Lamblrth, acting teller, and the signa
ture was so close to that of the real
Mr. Gamble, who has an account in
the bank, that the forgery was not de
tected at once.
Throws Off Suspicion.
But before the check was taken the
young man was questioned closely and
he made a showing that disarmed the
bank people of any suspicion.
A little later In the afternoon Met
tle passed another check for $150 up
on P. Moses, of the Workingmen'a
clothing store. The check given him
was signed with the name of F. B.
Chapman. However, before giving
the young man the money on the
check, Mr. Moses took the check to
the bank for verification. It was then
discovered that he was a swindler and
the officers were notified of the case.
Leaves for the East.
In the meantime Mettle had pur
chased a ticket for Detroit and left
on train No. 2 last evening. Messa
ges were then hastily sent out from
the sheriffs office asking the officers
t La Grande to apprehend Mettle,
and the conductor of No. 2 was also
notified. On the arrival of the train
n La Grande last evening the lad was
arrested without difficulty and he Is
now awaiting an officer from this
place. Sheriff Taylor will go over
after him this evening.
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway has filed a mortgage In Port
land In favor of the Central Trust
company of New York, to cover a
bond Issue of not to exceed $100,000,
000. The money Is to be used in con
struction and equipment of the road
and the mortgage covers all the prop
erty owned by the company between
Portland and Spokane.
IKES
HUNDREDS SEE
DATES OPENED
. Six Coaches Carry Pendleton
Peopleto Hermiston to Wit-
v
J ness Formal Upening.
WEATHER GOOD AND
EXCURSION IS SUCCESS
Enthusiastic Croud Headed by Eagle
Band Goes Down from Pendleton to
Participate in Great Event for West
End of County Candidates Con
spicuous hy Their Large Numbers
H. M. Cake, Candidate for United
States Senatoq, in the Party Con
ditions for Day Could Not nave
Been Better.
With six coaches filled with rep
resentative local people and the band,
Pendleton went down to see the for
mal opening of the East Umatilla pro
ject today and to celebrate with th
west end over that event.
It was an enthusiastic crowd that
gathered at the depA at 8 o'clock
this morning. It comprised the lead
ing business and profesional men of
the city, numerous ladies and many
candidates. Aside from the local of
ficeseekers, a conspicuous figure waa
that of H. M. Cake, candidate for
senator. '
With the bright weather prevailing
this morning everything indicated a
pleasant day arid It is doubtful If
conditions could have been better for
the opening of the project
SOLDIER SAILORS RISK
LIVES IN TARGET PRACTICE.
Stay on Board Ship While Comrades
Fire Broadsides Into Her Hull.
Thimble Shoal, in Lower Chesa
peake. Bay (by wireless to Fortress
Monroe, May 27. Disregarding the
danger and apparently .anxious to ex
perience open war at sea, Comman
der Quimby, Lieutenant Taussig and
20 men remained on the Monitor Flor
ida today while 12-Inch shells were
hurled at the ship from the guns of
the monitor Arkansas, anchored 300
yards off, with the broadside battery
in full play on the target ship.
The plans were suddenly changed,
this morning when Qutmby and the
men volunteered to remain on the
Florida. They did not take their
place In the turets, where it would
be necessary to manipulate the guns
In case of firing, but remained Just
behind the turrets while the projectiles
were flying. They were severely
jolted whenever the projectiles struck
Harry Denbaugh, commander of the
Arkansas, says the first shot fired at
the screen target over the Florida
pierced the center.
Then the firing on the ship began,
the shells hammering the plates.
The glasses failed to show that the
Florida was crippled by the bombard
ment, but experts say the projectiles
are having a terrific affect No sig
nal of distress has been seen from the
men aboard the FlorMa, the men
showing no signs of being sorry for
their daredevil experience.
After the bombardment of the hull
the guns were turned against the ex
perimental mast aft of the Florida's
two turret's, where dummies had been
placed. Dummies were also placed on
the main turret to show the effect of
the heavy shells.
The shots took quick effect on the
mast. Tho men in the turrets would
have been killed the second shot.
Rear Admiral Dies.
Washington, May 27. The navy de
partment received the announcement
of the death of Rear Admiral Schuy
ler Crownshield, former chief "of the
bureau of navigation. He died at
the Philadelphia Episcopal hospital.
He was relieved March 30, 1903, on
his own application after 40 years In
the navy.
Cleveland Strike Ends.
Cleveland, O., May 27. Three hun
dred striking carmen returned to work
this morning, the service rapidly be
coming normal. Strikers who remain
ed out ,say the company Is badly crip,
pled, and have not given up hope of
winning.
SEVENTEEN SAILORS
DIE IN MID OCEAN.
Gloucester, Mass, May 27.
Seventen sailors of the schoon
er Fame lost their lives today
In a coll'on between the Fame
and the steamer Boston of the
Dominion Atlantic line, off the
Massachusetts coast The
Fame was run down by the
steamer and It was due to the
suddenness that only six of the
schooner's crew were saved.
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